Tennis

It’s been a week since Wimbledon kicked off, and we really haven’t had a dumb scandal yet, so people decided to manufacture one predicated on the prominence of Serena Williams‘ nipples during a match. Really? Yup. That’s what people get mad about these days: I wouldn’t usually comment on another woman’s body, but could someone […]

In professional tennis there are rules for just about everything, from what you can wear on court, to how long you can rest in between games, to who players are and are not allowed to talk to during a match, to when and how often you are allowed to go to the bathroom. Unfortunately, Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas ran up against […]

You kids probably don’t remember this, but there was a time when all you heard when you watched tennis on TV was balls popping against rackets and feet shuffling along the court. These days you still here the popping and the shuffling, of course. But you also hear loud, guttural grunting, as though players are […]

In just the second game of the first round match between Venus Williams and Coco Vandeweghe at the Italian Open, a ball boy, suffering from heat exhaustion, passed out on the court and fell face-first before being taken to a shaded area to recover. It was a scary few seconds before it was clear that he […]

You wouldn’t think a girl who dated Drake and has been the center of attention in the tennis world for over a decade would freak out when she meets another athlete, but that’s exactly what happened when Serena Williams had the pleasure of meeting Tom Brady. They both admit that they’re each others’ favorites (and […]

Serena Williams doesn’t seem like the type of person that would half-ass something. Like, if you heard she threw a costume party over the weekend (which she did, and TMZ got the pics), you wouldn’t expect to see her just wearing a sheet draped over her body as a ghost. Nope. She went as a […]

Even if you watch this video a few times, it’s hard to figure out how this kid manages to go crashing into a wall with such force. He explodes to pick up a few stray balls, then is so eager to get back to his position that he loses control of his faculties and just […]

I’m not entirely sure why Serena Williams is teaching us how to twerk, but I’m not complaining. She looks like she would be an excellent twerker. It doesn’t matter that no one has even said the word “twerk” in like two years. She’s a champion, and she deserves our attention. Here’s the video: Is it […]

The PNB Paribais Open, also known simply as Indian Wells because it’s played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, is one of the biggest events on the tennis calendar. It’s one of nine so-called “masters 1000″ events on the men’s tour and one of four “premier mandatory” events on the women’s tour. And Sunday was […]

If Mike Tyson had appeared on a Kiss Cam 20 years ago, he would have probably punched someone in the face. Nowadays when the former heavyweight champ appears on the Kiss Cam, like he did during this Indian Wells tennis match, we’re treated to a much more loving, affectionate version of the former “Baddest Man on the Planet.”

Earlier today, it was revealed that Maria Sharapova would be holding a press conference at some point this afternoon. Some believed the 28-year-old tennis star may be announcing her retirement—and stealing some thunder from Peyton Manning’s retirement announcement in the process. As it turns out, Sharapova is not retiring. Rather, she failed a drug test […]

Jimmy Kimmel and his minions took to the Oscars red carpet last night and found tennis great Roger Federer squarely in their crosshairs. Decked out in a shiny gold lame blazer, JKL! staple Guillermo convinced Federer to throw back a tequila shot on air, for all to see. Roger, being the good sport that he […]

Everything you need to know is there in the title folks. This is one of those events that sounds funny, until you realize that some poor guy trying to do his job got pretty badly hurt as a result of a superhuman serve. The guy responsible for the serve was Thomas Berdych, and the serve […]

The Australian Open is in full swing, and a huge rally in an early-round match between Maria Sharapova and Lauren Davis had everyone, including icon Roger Federer, fired up by the time it ended. Here’s a clip of the rally itself: That rally must have left Sharapova both winded and incredibly hoarse. It also left […]

A week or so after Jack Sock reminded us how gentlemanly the game of tennis can be by admitting a ref error in his opponent’s favor, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga went and raised the bar yet again. In the Aussie Open, a ball girl took a shot across the face and had to be helped off the […]